National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1990 No. 3371

National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits)

Regulations2 (Amendment)

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the National Health Act 1953.

Dated 25 October 1990.

BILL HAYDEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

Peter Staples

Minister of State for Aged. Family and Health Services

 

1. Commencement

1.1 These Regulations commence on 1 November 1990.

2. Amendment

2.1 The National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

3. Regulation 25 (Repeated supplies of pharmaceutical benefits)

3.1 Subregulation 25 (2):

Omit the subregulation, substitute:

“(2) Subject to subregulation (3), if:

(a) a prescription directs that a pharmaceutical benefit is to be supplied more than once; and

(b) the pharmaceutical benefit is supplied (whether or not for the first time);

the benefit must not be supplied again (whether by the same or a different supplier) on the day on which it was so supplied or on any of the 3 days immediately following that day.

(S.R. 363/90)—Cat. No. 14/16.10.1990

 

“(3) A pharmaceutical benefit may be supplied if the prescription for the benefit:

(a) directs the supply of an amount of the benefit that is less than the amount necessary for treatment of the person in respect of whom the prescription was written for 4days in accordance with the prescription; or

(b) the benefit is destroyed, lost or stolen;

and the person who supplies the benefit writes on the prescription the words ‘immediate supply required’ and signs his or her name.”.

 

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 31 October 1990.

2. Statutory Rules 1960 No. 17 as amended to date. For Previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1990 No. 236 and see also Statutory Rules 1990 Nos. 226 and 267.

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